Molly Ringwald

During the mid-1980s, Molly Ringwald was the uncontested queen of teen movies and the poster child of suburban adolescent angst. As a member of the so-called Brat Pack - which included fellow stars An...
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Molly Ringwald and Ally Sheedy relived their youth at the South by Southwest festival in Texas on Monday (16Mar15) by teaming up to host a 30th anniversary launch of John Hughes high school classic The Breakfast Club. The two actresses greeted fans at the Paramount Theatre in Austin prior to a question-and-answer session about the 1985 film. Their appearance was in anticipation of a series of planned screenings for the film that will hit cinemas across America next week (begs23Mar15).
The remastered movie, which will be shown at select theaters on 26 and 31 March (15), will feature interviews with Sheedy and her co-stars Judd Nelson and Anthony Michael Hall.
Ringwald recently told America's Today show she's amazed the film is still a hit 30 years after its initial release: "I always loved the script, and I loved the movie, but I never imagined that we would be talking about it 30 years later."

Not Another Teen Movie came out 14 years ago but it's still extremely relevant - and hilarious - to this day. High school movies are so played out.
1. This magical 10 Things I Hate About You reference will never get old:
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"Sing a song with her name in it."
2. This very meta Pretty In Pink moment:
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3. No 80's teen movie was safe:
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4. This movie perfected the arrogant, star jock:
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5. And the unique girl who didn't "fit" into any high school clique:
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6. It really calls out what it means to be popular:
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7. It had very appropriate teenage reading materials:
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8. This was Chris Evans greatest acting achievement to date:
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9. Or maybe it was this one:
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10. It had the tortured artist mourning the loss of a parent:
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11. And cheerleaders who definitely did not steal this routine:
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12. They were the cheerleaders that knew how to bring "it":
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13. Jake's dad had the perfect way to cheer him up:
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14. It made fun of how people actually use slang words:
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15. This movie even had the "token" black guy:
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16. This punch sequence is now infamous:
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17. It nailed every movie makeover ever:
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18. It perfectly got how we all feel about teen movies:
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Evan Rachel Wood and Rumer Willis are teaming up for a cabaret show based on the films of John Hughes.
The actresses will star in For the Record: Dear John Hughes, alongside Tracie Thoms and Lindsey Gort. The musical will run from 6 February (15) to 4 April (15) at a West Hollywood theatre to be confirmed. For the Record will mark the 30th anniversary of Hughes' Brat Pack movie The Breakfast Club. The Hughes tribute will simultaneously play in Chicago, Illinois - the director's home town.

Former child star Molly Ringwald is helping to revive beloved children's cartoon character Rainbow Brite by signing up to voice main antagonist The Dark Princess. The actress joins Hannah Montana's Emily Osment as the titular character on the revamped series, about a young girl with magical powers who strives to save Rainbowland from evil forces. The revamped show will begin streaming on online service Feeln next month (Nov14), 30 years after the original TV series premiered.

Mel Brooks, Molly Ringwald and Richard Dreyfuss were among the stars who turned out to pay tribute to director Paul Mazursky at a memorial service in California on Friday (05Sep14). The Oscar-nominated moviemaker passed away on 30 June (14), aged 84, after suffering a cardiac arrest, and his friends, family and former colleagues gathered at the Writers Guild Theater in Beverly Hills, California on Friday to pay their last respects.
The memorial service was attended by famous faces including Nick Nolte, Ed Begley, Jr. and Elliott Gould, while a number of celebrity guests also gave tributes to the late director.
Speakers included actors George Segal, Michael Greene and Molly Ringwald, who called Mazursky the "best director I ever worked with," before singing I'll Be Seeing You, accompanied by her father Bob on piano.
Jaws star Richard Dreyfuss, who starred in three Mazursky films, explained how he idolised the filmmaker, saying, "When I was around Paul, I wanted to be Paul. And I like being Richard. But I wanted to be Paul."
Mel Brooks took to the stage last and used his tribute to compare Mazursky to legendary directors including Federico Fellini and Vittorio De Sica, telling the audience, "In my assessment, he was our Fellini, our De Sica. The best capturer of human behaviour on film was Paul."
The service ended with a montage of film clips and a performance by singer/actress Ellen Greene, who gave a rendition of Goodbye, My Friend.

"I’ve never seen Sixteen Candles (but) I have met Molly Ringwald and discussed it with her." Thompson Twins frontman Tom Bailey on the John Hughes movies that features his song If You Were Here, which the now-solo star is performing as the headliner on the U.S. Retro Futura tour.

Actor Jeff Goldblum is set to make his New York debut with his jazz band, The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra, next month (Sep14) after booking a mini-residency at the Cafe Carlyle. The group, which is known for playing improvised versions of classic jazz standards, will perform from 16 to 20 September (14), before making way for actress/singer Rita Wilson, who will take over the stage from 24 September to 4 October (14).
The Breakfast Club star Molly Ringwald is also set to show off her musical skills with a set at the same legendary venue from 7 to 18 October (14).
Cafe Carlyle is known for its big names - director Woody Allen stages a weekly jam session with his jazz band at the lounge from September (14) to December (14).

Celebrities including Molly Ringwald, Joe Jonas and Christina Perri headed to the Dodger Stadium on Sunday (10Aug14) to see Sir Paul McCartney's first Los Angeles performance in four years. The former Beatles star graced the stage at the sports ground for the first time since the Fab Four's gig at the venue in 1966.
His hotly-anticipated return was watched by a number of celebrities who shared pictures and videos of the set on social media.
Jonas uploaded a video of McCartney's firework finale display and filmed the crowd going wild while The Breakfast Club actress Ringwald made a commentary about the performance on Twitter.com.
She wrote, "Listening to Paul McCartney sing a love song to John Lennon. Totally got me," later adding, "Sir Paul knows his way around a great singalong. #PaulMcCartney #heyjude"
She also uploaded a picture of the rocker singing his fellow Beatle George Harrison's song Something, while playing Harrison's ukelele.
Perri uploaded a video of the legend singing Let It Be and wrote, "Only paul can make me sob and smile at the same time."
The concert was part of McCartney's Out There tour. He last played a gig in Los Angeles at the Hollywood Bowl in 2010.

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Is there anything as relatable and resonant as the coming-of-age film? Throughout our lives, select few of us will ever save the world, fall in love with a computer, or beat back an ape rebellion in blockbuster fashion. But almost everyone knows what it feels like to grow up. The joys, pain, wonders, and hard truths coupled with growing older are universally felt. The best films in the genre can make us feel like they have a direct line to our souls, and the experience of watching our own truths play out on screen is something special. In celebration of Boyhood, Richard Linklater's childhood epic 12 years in the making, our staff members share their favorite coming of age films, and why they mean so much to them.
The Breakfast Club, Julia EmmanueleI wasn't yet a teenager the first time I watched The Breakfast Club, but I still remember thinking that for the first time in my life, it felt like someone really understood what growing up was like. Whether it was the terror of growing up or their struggles to be who they wanted to be, rather than what their parents expected, or the facades they put up to fit in or keep other people out, I saw some of myself in every one of these characters; I still do, despite all the years that have passed since. And even though it never alleviated my fears about becoming an adult, it did give me five people who felt the same, and that’s been enough.
Thirteen, Cory MahoneyThirteen is probably the scariest movie of 2003. Co-written by 15-year-old Nikki Reed, the film opens with two 13-year-old girls high from huffing and hitting each other. Dealing with topics from teens cutting, partying, and sexual experimentation to parents with addictions and unconventional families (to say the least), the film was at once terrifying and relatable. The memorable lines ("No bra, no panties" or "The Itsy Bitsy Spider dropped acid in the park"), like this film, will always remain in my teen memories, whether I want them to or not.
Stand By Me, Jordan SmithThe saddest part in Stand by Me is that after that epic summer day filled with leech attacks, random deer, evil Keifer Sutherland, and boyhood intimacy, Richard Dreyfuss’ voiceover explains how the four main characters couldn’t stay friends forever. How life pulled them in different directions. It’s a brutal lesson to punctuate the film with, but a vital one. Life changes. It always does. It has to. But when you’re young, everything feels like forever. All those little moments and tiny tragedies felt so sacrosanct. I swore I’d know my childhood friends forever. Who knew years later, I’d be fumbling for their names.
City of God, Shannon HoustonWith the incredible non-linear storytelling, the stunning cinematography, and all of the gangsta stuff going down, it’s easy to forget that City of God is really a coming-of-age story. I connected on so many levels with Rocket when I was 17 years old and first saw the movie in theatres. Cleveland isn’t the City of God, but I was a budding artist hoping for a way out. Watching him defy the odds, risk his life, and use his talents as a photographer to tell an incredible story that mainstream journalism couldn't tell was both empowering and inspiring.
The Goonies, Cyndi CappelloI’ll always remember the first time I watched The Goonies. Not only did I have a massive crush on Mikey, but everything about the storyline pulled me in. The older I got and more times I watched it, the more it spoke to me. I kept to myself when I was younger, and seeing the amount of trust the characters had in each other made me want to find relationships like that more than anything. Seeing the bond develop between the variously aged characters from the beginning to end of the film made me realize that you can find friendships in anyone. Thanks to The Goonies, I realized that friends can truly become part of your family.
Breaking Away, Michael ArbeiterAppropriately enough for the theme, Breaking Away is probably the only film recommendation that my mother ever gave to me. Her suggestion of the flick was inspired by my preteen proclivity to speak exclusively in Spanish and Italian phrases around our non-Spanish/Italian-speaking household, but more substantially by the "aimless, big dreaming loser" motif that she knew I'd be able to empathize with. In its paradoxical erratic lull, Breaking Away is one of the best illustrations of the graduation from childhood that we've seen on the big screen... a sweet, sad, answer-less picture that appreciates what it means to have no idea what's next.
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Cast in the ABC Family series, "The Secret Life Of The American Teenager"

Was a regular on "The Facts of Life" (NBC)

Made appearance on "The New Mickey Mouse Club" (ABC)

Appeared in first French-language film, "Seven Sunday"

Moved to Paris, France

Made TV movie debut, "Packin' It In" (CBS)

Co-starred in independent American film "Office Killer"

Created controvery when she appeared nude in the film "Malicious"

Feature acting debut, "Tempest"

Summary

During the mid-1980s, Molly Ringwald was the uncontested queen of teen movies and the poster child of suburban adolescent angst. As a member of the so-called Brat Pack - which included fellow stars Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson and Ally Sheedy - her three-picture run with filmmaker John Hughes in instant classics like "Sixteen Candles" (1984), "The Breakfast Club" (1985) and "Pretty in Pink" (1986) established Ringwald as a teen kindred spirit who awkwardly navigated secret crushes, school dances and bitter clique wars, inching closer to adulthood by the time a triumphant pop song signaled the end credits. However, like all child and teen stars, the redhead's flame never burned quite so bright as those important years which launched a brand new genre of youth filmmaking. After several failed efforts to segue into adult romantic comedies, the actress moved to France where she appeared in foreign films and occasionally made stateside appearances in made-for-TV movies. After a long absence from the public consciousness, Ringwald resurfaced in 2008 as part of the cast of "The Secret Life of the American Teenager" (ABC Family, 2008- ), in which her career came full circle as she appeared as the mother of a pregnant high school student on the controversial drama series. Though she was relatively quiet later in her career, Ringwald nonetheless remained synonymous with the 1980s despite occasional efforts to reinvent herself.

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Role

Comments

Danny

Companion

Ringwald reportedly lost her virginity to this man; she was 15 and he was 26

Introduced by Zappa's sister Moon Unit; Dated during the filming of "Pretty in Pink" (1986)

Education

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Lycee Francaise School

Notes

"John [Hughes] was the first person who broke my heart. I adored him. That sounds like we had an affair or something, which isn't the case. Of course I didn't have an affair with him. But it was definitely the strongest relationship in my life at the time, my teenage years, when everything that happens sort of prepares you for life." - Ringwald quoted in Movieline Magazine, September 1995

"Being famous at a young age is hard for anyone to go through, but my family was really protective of me, and within all that craziness, I had a sheltered existence." - Ringwald to TV Guide, June 30-July 13, 2008